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    The Dating Plan
    Homéros. Odysseia
    Murder On Trinity Place
    Black Girl, Call Home
    • Black Girl, Call Home

      • 200 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine • Time • Vogue • Vulture • Essence • Elle • Cosmopolitan • Real Simple • Marie Claire • Refinery 29 • Shondaland • Pop Sugar • Bustle • Reader's Digest “Nothing short of sublime, and the territory [Mans'] explores...couldn’t be more necessary.”—Vogue From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, and queer identity. With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself—and us—home. Each poem explores what it means to be a daughter of Newark, and America—and the painful, joyous path to adulthood as a young, queer Black woman. Black Girl, Call Home is a love letter to the wandering Black girl and a vital companion to any woman on a journey to find truth, belonging, and healing.

      Black Girl, Call Home2021
      4,5
    • The Dating Plan

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Daisy Patel is a software engineer who understands lists and logic better than bosses and boyfriends. Ever the obedient daughter, she always follows the rules, but the one thing she can't give her family is the marriage they expect. Desperate to escape a parade of unwanted suitors, she asks her childhood crush to be her decoy fiancé. Liam Murphy is a venture capitalist who learns that his inheritance is contingent on being married. A marriage of convenience will get Daisy's matchmaking relatives off her back and fulfil the terms of his late grandmother's will. When Daisy and Liam go on a series of dates to legitimise their fake relationship, they realise that very little is convenient about their arrangement. -- adapted from back cover.

      The Dating Plan2021
      3,6
    • Murder On Trinity Place

      • 336 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      The devil's in the details when a man is found murdered near Trinity Church in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series... The year of 1899 is drawing to a close. Frank and Sarah Malloy are getting ready to celebrate the New Year at Trinity Church when they notice Mr. Pritchard, a relative of their neighbor's, behaving oddly and annoying the other revelers. Frank tries to convince Pritchard to return home with them, but the man refuses and Frank loses him in the crowd. The next morning Sarah and Frank are horrified to learn Pritchard was murdered sometime in the night, his body left on Trinity Place, the side street near the church. The police aren't too interested in the murder, and the family are concerned that the circumstances of the death will reflect badly on Pritchard's reputation. To protect the family from scandal, Nelson asks Frank to investigate. Frank and Sarah delve into Pritchard's past and realize there may have been a deadly side to the dawning of the new century.

      Murder On Trinity Place2020
      4,0
    • Prvý veľký dobrodružný príbeh v západnej literatúre skúma témy násilia, následkov vojny, bohatstva, moci, manželstva, rodiny a túžby po domove. Tento čerstvý a autoritatívny preklad oživuje rozprávanie o stroskotaniach, monštrách a mágií. Napísaný v iambickom pentametre a súčasnom jazyku, odráža počet veršov v grécky originále, zachytávajúc Homérovu živú dynamiku a melódie. Preklad zdôrazňuje krásu a čaro starovekej poémy, pričom zachováva jej napätie a dramatickosť. Nezabudnuteľné postavy zahŕňajú prefíkanú bohyňu Aténu, ktorá vedie hrdinu; Telemacha, nešikovného tínedžera usilujúceho sa o dospelosť a návrat svojho otca; a Penelopu, múdru manželku, ktorá odoláva nápadníkom počas neprítomnosti svojho manžela. Hrdina sám sa objavuje ako zložitejšia postava, s mnohými maskami a náladami. Zaujímavý úvod poskytuje pohľady na kontext bronzovej doby, hlavné témy poémy, kontroverzie okolo jej pôvodu a jej hlboký vplyv. Obohatený o špeciálne nakreslené mapy, glosár výslovnosti a rozsiahle poznámky a zhrnutia, tento preklad je pripravený byť cenený novou generáciou vedcov, študentov a širokej verejnosti.

      Homéros. Odysseia2015
      4,0